Business & Markets · Fixed broadband subscriptions · Nigeria
Nigeria’s fixed broadband subscriptions rose to 0.08 per 100 people in 2024.
0.08 per 100 people
2024
Up 0.03 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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0.08 per 100 people
What it is. This measure counts fixed broadband subscriptions, meaning wired or fixed-location internet lines such as fibre, cable and DSL, and divides them by the population to give a figure per 100 people. Each subscription is counted once, so a single household line shared by many people adds one to the total. Mobile data connections sit outside it.
Higher is better. A higher figure is good because every extra fixed line is another home or business with a stable, high-capacity connection. Nigeria's latest figure, for 2024, is 0.08 per 100 people, up from 0.05 a year earlier. That is a rise of 0.03 per 100 people, or 53.5%. Since 2015 the series has ranged from a low of 0.01 per 100 people in 2015 to a high of 0.08 per 100 people in 2024, so the latest reading is the highest in that span.
Why it matters. At 0.08 per 100 people, fixed broadband lines are very scarce in Nigeria, so most households and small firms rely on other ways of getting online. Fixed lines matter for steady video calls, cloud software and running an office or shop with several devices, and a low count limits how many businesses can depend on them. The 2024 rise is a start, and the next annual reading will show whether the climb continues.
| Period | Fixed broadband subscriptions · Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.01 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 0.06 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 0.06 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 0.04 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 0.04 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 0.03 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 0.03 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 0.04 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 0.05 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 0.08 per 100 people |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Fixed broadband subscriptions, Nigeria, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/fixed-broadband/nigeria
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Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people. Unit: per 100 people.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series IT.NET.BBND.P2), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.